The inaugural online archontariki with the Elder Archimandrite Gabriel, the Abbot of the Holy Monastery of St. David, in northwestern Evia island, will be hosted by the online Orthodox platform Pemptousia today, at 19.30 Athens times. Archontariki in Greek is a monastery’s guesthouse. To participate please fill out an electronic application on the pages of…

A Moscow Patriarchate official this week underlined that the visit to Greece by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and especially to the semi-autonomous monastic community of Mount Athos, testifies to the spiritual and historical ties between the two nations, Russia and Greece. In a statement, the deputy chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s synodal department for…

The Holy Archdiocese of Athens this week announced a tender for the digitalizing of its registry of marriage licenses and baptismal statements, among others, with the current registry dating to 1920. The Archdiocese’s current website already allows users to electronically request the issuance of several print documents, with the digitization process to allow the bypassing…

The Church today venerates the memory of John Climacus the Righteous, author of The Divine Ladder of Ascent. This Saint gave himself over to the ascetic life from his early youth, beginning in the sixth century. Experienced both in the solitary life of the hermit and in the communal life of cenobitic monasticism, he was…



Hosted by the National Coordinating Committee, on April 1st, 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros will receive a Proclamation of Greek Independence from the State of Tennessee from Governor Bill Lee at the Parthenon in Nashville. The event will be live streamed on GOARCH Youtube and social channels. Goarch.org  

A keenly anticipated exhibition commemorating the 200th anniversary of the start of the Greek War of Independence, The Greek Revolution through American Eyes, will open on March 30 with a celebratory event at the Maliotis Cultural Center of Hellenic College Holy Cross. His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America will inaugurate the exhibition during the opening…

Emphasizing administrative transparency and boldness of faith, the Metropolis of Chicago releases inaugural edition of its “Annual Impact Report” for 2020. LOMBARD, IL, March, 2021 – The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago today released its first-ever Annual Impact Report summarizing key actions and developments taken in 2020. The purpose of the report is to provide…

The Director of the Office of Greek Education, Mr. Anastasios Koularmanis, would like to thank all the Greek programs, schools and students of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America who helped with this bicentennial project by submitting a video. We would also like to thank Mrs. Meropi Kyriakou the President of the Greek Teachers Association…